The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1818 - Natural history |
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... observed latitude , they call " working an observation . " OBSERVATORY , a place destined for observing the heavenly bodies ; it is a building usually in form of a tower , erect- ed on an eminence , and covered with a terrace for making ...
... observed latitude , they call " working an observation . " OBSERVATORY , a place destined for observing the heavenly bodies ; it is a building usually in form of a tower , erect- ed on an eminence , and covered with a terrace for making ...
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... observation by al- most any common workman . V. Astronomical or Equatorial Sector . This is an instrument for ... observed by the micrometer . Let A B ( Plate Observato- ry , fig . 1. ) represent an arch of a circle containing ten ...
... observation by al- most any common workman . V. Astronomical or Equatorial Sector . This is an instrument for ... observed by the micrometer . Let A B ( Plate Observato- ry , fig . 1. ) represent an arch of a circle containing ten ...
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... observation was con- firmed by Vitellio , Walther , and especial- ly by the observations of Tycho Brahe . Alhazen observed , that refraction con- tracts the diameters and distances of the heavenly bodies , and that it is the cause of ...
... observation was con- firmed by Vitellio , Walther , and especial- ly by the observations of Tycho Brahe . Alhazen observed , that refraction con- tracts the diameters and distances of the heavenly bodies , and that it is the cause of ...
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